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Article: Kroger to expand, 4 businesses to move: Kroger will grow by 31,300 square feet at the Gables Shopping Center.
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- The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
- Article date:
- September 2, 2006
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Byline: Angela Manese-Lee
Sep. 2--BLACKSBURG -- With its full shelves and brimming produce bins, the Kroger in Gables Shopping Center already stocks enough food to fill most shopping carts.
But by the end of next year, the store is expected to swell to 83,000 square feet.
The additional 31,300 square feet will give the store several new and expanded offerings, including a chef shop, a beauty care section and expanded dairy, floral and produce areas.
When it's built, the grocery store will become the largest Kroger in Virginia.
"It's going to offer our customers a lot of what they've been looking for and what we're doing in ...